Job summary
Employer heading
Medicines Management Pharmacy Assistant- WPH
Band 3
Job overview
We are creating a new Pharmacy Meds Management Band 3 post in our Acute Medicine areas at Wexham Park Hospital. The post will focus on supporting admission, with an emphasis on transferring GP medication lists to our EPR systems. The post will also support the stock and ward services to the ED areas.
We are looking for a committed and motivated person with excellent organisational skills to develop this role. This will include the supervision and training or dispensary assistants and acting as a role model for pharmacy assistants.
You must possess good communication skills and be able to work to tight deadlines in this busy and challenging environment. Computer literacy and attention to detail is also important.
Decision to appoint will be based on both interview and content/ quality of application.
Main duties of the job
The post holder supports the Lead Meds Management Pharmacy Technician. This will include:
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- To transcribe Drug histories from electronic sources such as ConnectedCare.
- To assess and check PODs
- To support pharmacy with the provision of Monitored Dosage System (MDS) to discharged patients.
- To aid the clinical teams with Discharge Medicine Service (DMS) referrals to support community pharmacies.
- Assist in the transfer of medicines between wards and locating medicines that have been left behind when patients are transferred between wards, including patient’s own drugs.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the Job Description and Person spec before apply for this post , if you have any queries please contact Stuart Dark or Sana Ali ([email protected])
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 2
- GCSE Maths & English
Desirable criteria
- Customer care training
Competencies
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail
- Labelling and dispensing medication
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using EPR
Experience
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy Experience
- Good knowledge of stock control
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of pharmaceuticals
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sana Ali
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician – Clinical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6153285
- Additional information
Second contact is Sana Ali, ([email protected])
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